2B:12-5. Additional municipal judges. a. With the written consent of the Assignment Judge of the vicinage, a county or municipality may:
(1) increase the number of judgeships of the municipal court, or
(2) appoint one or more temporary municipal judges.
b. A temporary judge is an additional judge of the municipal court appointed to meet a special need of limited duration. The procedure for appointment of temporary municipal judges shall be the same as that for other municipal judges, but each term of a temporary judge shall not exceed one year.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.4.
